can't create new task in task scheduler windows 11

Question

I was following the syncthing program tuto in which they explain how to make it always active, I did the same but at the end, It asked me for the password to which I provided, but it said it's incorrect or the user doesn't have valid permission, I do have admin permissions and to make sure I am administrator, I did see my account in control panel which mentioned I'm an admin, also I did open task scheduler as a administrator but didn't work.

Also, task scheduler when it asks for password it also gives me three options of accounts, Idk why one is user name "prav", I also do have a folder with name "prav" in users folder, and one more option my whole gmail id, and also idk why my github username as a account there. To make sure I've just one user, I checked settings accounts/ other users, and there was no other user, also when I select other account other the default "prav" it says invalid account.

I'm adding a screenshot of what it says:

***moved from Windows / Windows 11 / Settings***

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft community forum.

I don't know much about the Syncthing service. May I know if you changed user permissions when configuring the service?

Notice the user who created the task needs to be a member of the administrators group. According to your description, the "prav" account should be the account with which you log in to your device. You can check further in local users and groups.

Here is a step:

• Right click on the Windows icon and select "Computer Management"
• Navigate to System Tools > Local Users and Groups.
• Check that the "prav" account has been added to the "Administrators" group.

You mentioned that there were other accounts such as gmail id when you selected the account, which may be that the system saved user records when you used the relevant services before. You can also remove it from users and groups if it is no longer needed.

I hope this helps.

Best regards

Jacen

Answer 2

"Prav" is the only user and also a admin, those other options are just picked by it for reasons I don't know, I've confirmed there is just one user in settings and also I'm admin so I've every permission I also can run applications as run as admin to just be sure I'm admin

Answer 3

Having the same issue, I'm also an admin and I can't create a Schedule Task because of it, hoping for a solution.